List of earthquakes in Portugal
This list documents major earthquakes affecting Portugal.
| Date | Location | Mag. | MMI | Notes | Casualties | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead | Injured | ||||||||
| 210 BCE | Cape St. Vincent | Possible tsunami. | |||||||
| 60 BCE | coasts of Portugal and Galicia | 8.5 | IX | Tsunami | |||||
| 382 | Cape St. Vincent | 7.5 | Tsunami | ||||||
| 1344 | Lisbon | ||||||||
| 1358-08-24 | Lisbon | X | Severe damage in Seville and Lisbon. | ||||||
| 1531-01-26 | Lisbon | 7.7 | At least 1,500 houses destroyed. Violent earthquake felt in Africa. A large tsunami was reported. | 30,000 | |||||
| 1551-01-28 | Lisbon | About 200 houses destroyed. | 2,000 | ||||||
| 1587-11 | Loulé | X | 170 | ||||||
| 1597-07-28 | Monte Santo | IX | |||||||
| 1722-12-27 | Tavira, Algarve | 7.8 | X | At least 27 homes collapsed in Tavira. Albufeira, Loule, Lagoa, and Faro also reported damage. | |||||
| 1755-11-01 | Atlantic Ocean | 8.7–9.0 Mw | XI | Lisbon almost completely destroyed by the earthquake and subsequent conflagrations. A large tsunami with a maximum height of 18.3 meters. Deaths were also reported in Morocco due to the tsunami. In the Lesser Antillies, surges were also observed. | 50,000–100,000 | ||||
| 1756-03-29 | Lisbon | ||||||||
| 1761-03-31 | Atlantic Ocean | 8.5 Mw | IX | Lasted five minutes. | |||||
| 1816-02-02 | North Atlantic | 8.3–8.9 Mw | VII | Damage and deaths in Ovar. One death in Lisbon. Felt in Spain, the Netherlands and Azores Islands. | 13+ | ||||
| 1858-11-11 | Setubal | 7.1 Mw | X | 605 homes destroyed. | 6 | ||||
| 1909-04-23 | Santarem District | 6.0 Mw | X | Salvaterra de Magos and Benavente partially destroyed. | 60 | ||||
| 1969-02-28 | Gulf of Cádiz | 7.8 Mw | VII | Deaths in Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. Tsunami observed. | 25 | 80 | |||
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